Coastal waterbird colonies: Maine to Virginia, 1977: an atlas showing colony locations and species composition
Erwin RM and Korschgen CE. 1979. Coastal waterbird colonies: Maine to Virginia, 1977: an atlas showing colony locations and species composition. FWS/OBS-79/08. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program
FIELD WORK: 1976-1977. BIRDS: Thirteen species of nesting waterbirds were studied on many coastal islands off Maine. Lists island name, size, ownership, nest substrate, number of nests by species, and inventory method. Species studied include Leach's Storm Petrel, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Eider, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Laughing Gull, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Roseate Tern, Black Guillemot, and Common Puffin.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Erwin, R; Korschgen, Carl
- Date of Issue
- 1979-11
- Publisher
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program
- Units
- ACAD , BOHA
- Keywords
- arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), auks murres & puffins (Alcidae), Babbige Island, Babson Island, Baker Island, Bald Island, Bald Porcupine Island, Bar Island, Barred Islands, Bean Island, Birch Island, Birds (Aves), Black Island, Buckle Island, Burnt Island, Butter Island, Chato Island, Checklist, Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae), Distribution, Drum Island, Duck Island, Dumpling Island, East Torrey Island, Eastern Mark Island, Egg Rock, Gooseberry Island, Great Spoon Island, Green Island, Green Island Ledge, Greening Island, Gulls & Terns (Laridae), Hardwood Island, Hat Island, Heart Island, Heron Island, Herons & Bitterns (Ardeidae), Hog Island, Inventory (Baseline), Islands, Johns Island, Jordan Island, Lamp Island, leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Little Babson Island, Little Duck Island, Little Gott Island, Little Moose Island, Little Spoon Island, Moose Island, Nests & Nesting, Opechee Island, Orono Island, Pell Island, Pond Island, Population Density, Preble Island, Rolling Island, roseate tern (Sterna dougallii), Round Island, Schoodic Island, Scrag Island, Shabby Island, Sheep Island, Sheep Porcupine Island, Ship Island, Spruce Island, storm-petrels (Hydrobatidae), Sutton Island, The Hub, The Ledges, Threatened & Endangered Species, Trumpet Island, Water Birds, West Sister Island, West Torrey Island